[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 111 (Thursday, August 11, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 11, 1994]
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                               CRIME BILL

  (Mr. BISHOP asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BISHOP. Mr. Speaker, in order to restore sanity and security to 
the streets of America, I strongly support a tough but fair anti-crime 
package that offers a balance between punishment and prevention.
  Congress must provide the people with the necessary weapons to combat 
drug dealers, gang leaders, robbers, rapists, and murderers.
  Community-based policing, reinforced with more law officers and more 
resources for drug treatment, buttresses our effort to win this war.
  Also, deeply rooted in any crime prevention initiative are measures 
that promote family values, education, and job training.
  I strongly support a crime package that throws three-time convicted 
violent felons in jail for life and adds more Federal crimes to the 
death penalty list. I support more prisons.
  We must protect ourselves, our families, and our neighborhoods by 
locking up--and when appropriate, executing--those who repeatedly 
demonstrate a disregard for the sanctity of human life.
  We need to assure fair and impartial sentencing.
  A successful crime package is one designed to displace fear with 
security, sanity, and confidence, through a balanced approach that 
provides the strength and fairness needed to win the war on crime. We 
must pass the crime bill today.

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